As you can probably imagine, Halloween marks my busiest season. October is the month I traditionally rise, sweep the last of the sun from my lair and prepare to unleash my dark fantastical tales on the world. I write a lot over the summer, forced as I am to retreat to a heavily curtained room with the sound of rain playing to ease my sun-addled mind.
This year has been a busy one. I’ve finished a novel, have nearly completed another short Steampunkesque novel, and am starting a new book in the next few weeks. In between I’ve revamped several of my book covers and I’ve also written two short stories. Both tales are based around The Book of Kindly Deaths. One has been shelved because it felt like it deserved to be a full length book, the other, One Dark Hallow’s Eve, is coming very, very soon.
Here’s my short story cover makeovers:
There will also be another new cover coming over the next few days. This one for that darkest of lost tales from The Book of Kindly Deaths, One Dark Hallow’s Eve. So ask your spidery familiars to return to this site next week to discover more, or wait for a tap-tap-tap on the window…
Rick says
October 23, 2015 at 6:53 amLove the new covers and looking forward to new stories from the Book of Kindly Deaths.
May your Fall be gloomy and full of dreadful inspirations!
MrBlack says
October 23, 2015 at 7:38 amThank you, and may your Fall be filled with teeming bowls of golden chanterelles, and fireside readings of Mr. Tolkien. Until the Pumpkin Men come calling…